Windows 7 on which harddrive?

[lordkosc]

I have 2 hard drives that are both less than a year old.
(sorry if its in the wrong section of the forum , as its a OS and a HDD question.)

a 500GB Seagate w/32mb cache @ 7200rpm

&

a 320GB Seagate w/16mb cache @ 7200rpm


Which drive would be better for my main OS install?

[Know Nuttin]

500GB drive would be better. It should be the faster drive with the denser platters, I don't believe that the 320GB would be a short-stroked 500GB.

[ou_phidelt]

What models are the HD's?

[Marshmallow64]

The 500 seagate with the 32 cache should be better since it should be a bit faster.

[Know Nuttin]

I suppose the 320GB could be the single platter 7200.12, which would be faster than the 500GB 7200.11. Assuimng those are the correct model numbers.

[lordkosc]

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

the 320 was in an external drive and used maybe 2-3 months over the last year, the 500 has been used as a media storage drive since last fall, no longer needed now as i have two 1.5tb drives to replace it.

so both these drives have had very little use, which is why i figure either would be fine for a OS install. just wondered if there was a benefit to either. thanks guys :D

[ou_phidelt]

Go with the 7200.11.

[lordkosc]

yep yep, installing it tonight :)

can't wait , w00t